| Scope and content |
Volumes and loose papers represent the medical career of W. E. Evans. Call lists record patient names, dates of Evans visits, and fees charged. Memoranda books and diaries contain entries reflecting Evans' professional work and personal activities, as well as the description of daily meteorological conditions and various social events in Richmond, Va., and Robeson County, N.C. His notes from Hampden-Sydney College and the Medical College of Virginia give an indication of the nature of science and medical education at those institutions. Papers also reflect Evans' interest in cockfighting and his agricultural pursuits, including tobacco market receipts and account books recording Evans' profits from tobacco crops. Evans' correspondence concerns religion, church expenses and missions, and business matters. Ida S. Evans correspondence concerns the state of W. E. Evans. Land records include deeds, surveys, mortgages, indentures, and liens primarily concerning Robeson County, N.C., and one item referring to Brunswick County, N.C. Papers of William J. Stuart include correspondence, financial papers, and a pocket diary. Also contains minutes concerning Antioch Academy, Ashpole Church, and the Covenanter Band of the Rowland Presbyterian Church. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
William Ernest Evans Papers (#375), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Evans Savage. |
| Biographical note | William Ernest Evans was a physician who practiced primarily in Rowland, Robeson County, N.C., and also in Carthage and Thomasville, N.C. In addition to practicing medicine, Evans owned farm land in Robeson County, N.C. His father-in-law, William J. Stuart, was associated with Antioch Church near Red Springs. Stuart moved to Moore County to serve as that school system's first superintendent. |
